The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-04-15
NEWS.
Friday, April 10. 1887.
MINOR LOCALS

Garvin is patch ing the side walks
where the boards begin to decay.
The Prohibition law of Iowa has
reduced court business fifty per
cent.
The Cecil Farmers Club will meet
at Mr.. Il II Duy cklnck's on Thur
next, 2lst inst,
Laura, second daughter of Register
of Wills r. E. lamar, is reported
dangerously Ill of pneumonia.
Barnes & Archer started up their
planning mill at Port Deposit on Mon
day last.
Sixty employees have been arrest
ed on the Pan Handle Il. K. for rob
bling freight trains.
FRESH Garden and Flower SEEDS
at DIR. Kinks Drug Store l4ap4t.
The down shore papers assure us
the prospect for the largest crop OF
peaches ever grown on the peninsula,
is fair
Painting the Bank building is still
going on. Tha process has been IN
operation for about six months.
The appeal proclaims til proposed
new Elkton hosiery mill a aSlnd nall
only. 1t would be very Sing riley if all
it's booms should prove successful.
The next meeting of the Rising
Sun W. G. r. U. will be held at Mrs.
Norville Browns on Thursday April
21st at 80 p. IN. A full attendance
desired,
The new treatment for consump-
ton is raising quite an excitement
and is reported entirely successful
where it is being cried.
Brown & Reeder have the new
improved Acme Harrow if farmers
want the best tool for many purposes
of putting ground in the proper con-
dition.
On Friday last VIM j. Grant of
Cherry Hill local preacher of the
Methodist church, died, leaving
wife and seven children.
Our city fathers have had force
at work on the streets this week fill
ling the holes with stones and
smoothing up the thoroughfares gen.
orally.
Ladies of Rising Sun and vicinity
do not forget to call at 7. t. Wor
rails for the latest Spring Suiting a
Philadelphia prices.
Gilpin's woods about a mile from
Elkton were set on fire last Sunday
by spark from passing engine and
quantity of cord wood, posts, ETC.,
burned.
w. Dorsey residing at five points"
9th district, fell off of a loaded cart
a few days ago and the wheels passed
oyer both his legs, which were severe
ly bruised but fortunately not brok-
en-.
The auction sale of carriages, farm
ing machinery, ETC., held on Satur
day last by Joseph S. Pogue, was
largely attended. Eleven carriages
sold at fair prices.
Justice of the Peace, J, W. Abra-
hams, of Port Deposit, has been down
with shingles. This is the disease
which has so severely afflicted Mr..
Tome the past winter.
There were six persons indicted at
laso session of Grand Jury for VIC
lating the prohibition law, but all
have skedaddled, the Sheriff not be.
ing able to arrest any Of them.
Mr.. j. j. Buck & Co. made their
first haul for fish on Monday. Mr..
Bucks fishery is at the lower end Of
Port, and is one of the best shores
in that part of the river to visit for
fish.
There has been some supervising"
going ON over the roads this week,
The delinquent tax takers are dirt
ing up, while the tax payers are pay
ing up; the former to anticipate the
examiner and the latter the Sheriff.
The first load of shad made its APP.
pearance on Monday last in our
streets selling at 35 cents apiece for
the best. Herring begin to grow
common when The aristocratic shad
appears.
On the first of April there remain
ed 345 tax bills to settle in the
county. Twenty-three of the unpaid
bills belong to the 9th district. The
Sheriff will advertise all that are not
paid up to this date.
Fifty of the Supervisors in the
county refuse to mend roads after
their term expired, which was the
first of the present month, and the
county commissioners refuse to pay